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wen High Honor Rolls
uring Last Six Weeks
(lowing are the honor rolls
Iwen High School for the
week period ending
jer 15, according to
jpal Charles Lytle.
“A" HONOR ROLL
h GRADE — Sarah
;e Andrews, Kathy Lynn
n. Ernest Vincent Crist,
rta Hensley, Wilma Jean
ill.
h GRADE — None,
li GRADE — Iris Odette
n, Brenda Burchfield,
a Cordell, Richard Earley,
: Ogle. Vickey Gail Pate,
rt Larry Thompson, Mary 1
Vashburn.
GRADE — Jane Elaine '
“B” HONOR ROLL
li GRADE - William
tel Begley, Marilyn Kay
n, Richard Oliver Brown,
y Beth Bumgarner,
rta Jean Burris, Susan
Campfield, Deborah Kay
dler, Jimmy Garfield
dler, Patricia Joy Chapin,
i Virginia Gill, Helen
l. Kathy Elaine Ivey,
: Martha Jones, Nancy
Lackey, Amelia June
ford, Patricia Louise
e. Susan Franqueline
mzie, Ronald Roy Melin,
>ena Helen Millar, Pamela
ne Moyers.
0 Ralph Carl Mumpower,
Irene Nelon, Linda
ine Owenby, Kathryn
Senn, Joseph Thomas
ison, Rlionda Diane
eton, Debra Lynn
hers, Betty Lou Smith,
r Lee Smith, Carol Ann
PnM( McMillan Stubb".
1 Sue Tetrev, Joyce Kay
Mareo Woods
1) LiRADE — Michael
art Ballara, Sharon
ia Brookshire, Robert
Clements, Constance
e Connor, Danny Ray
n. Ann Louise Davidson,
Faye Hyder, Mary
'n Leonard, Patricia
la Lewis, Philip Alan
n. Terry Lynne McElrath,
Carr Melton, Lisa Gale
n. Donna Jean Reed,
i Diane Shook, Debra
Shut'ord, Ronnie Willis
s. Emily Kirkpatrick
Janet Eugenia Ward,
h GRADE — Ernest
t Andrews, Robert Alston
;eL Nona Frances
a nan, Michael Ross
!r- Janet Louise Carson,
Anne Clark, Rebecca
Craig, David Lee Dehart,
Richard Hudson, Morris
lies Tax
jpported
■ Black Mountain-Swanna
thamber of Commerce
*ts regular monthly
f,g at the Monte Vista
, Tuesday, October 21.
e President, George
;r'ng, presided and
laced the speaker, .Miss
e Tyler, Dean of Women 1
)ntreat-Anderson College.
s Tyler spoke about i
reat’s aims in teaching >
n<s. Their purpose is not
Np facts into the students i
; classroom and leave it at
They intend to make I
e experience a total i
nS process that will I
re students to be useful |
1S in the future. <
iseussion was held on the
;t °f the new one cent l
ax> to be voted on in the <
future. Comments were I
in favor of and against t
lx- A motion was made i
•assed that the Chamber
ln official stand in favor 1
tax. \
oinmittee was appointed I
as Inspectors of Election 1
ie coming election of the 1
°l Directors. \
^as announced that Dr. C
Graham is to be the t
for the annual dinner t
adies night to be held f
aber 2. Further plans for 1
ir°gram will be worked t
f the program'committee V
lecial meeting. V
Jerry Johnson, Susan Francis
Jolly, Catherine Elizabeth
Kluttz.
Also Cathy Darlene Lloyd
Nancy Ellen Lytle, Susan
LaTraille Marler, Deborah Jean
McIntosh, Barbara Jean Moore,
Yolanda Yvette Scott, Bertha
Gail Snelson, Linda Diana
Stone, Marvin Malone White
9th GRADE - Kenneth
Brooks Allen, Aaron Franklin
Belt, Patricia Ann Bane, Jane
Mice Beebe, Anna Christine
Browning, Mary Ann Bryant,
Garolyn Pricilla Burgess!
Gwendolyn Burgin, Melissa
Gail Burnette, Sandra Lee
-hapin, Regina Charlene Davis,
Marilyn Fox, Debbie Lynn
Gragg, Karen Lee Grove, Diane
Lee Hensley, Nina Angela
Hollifield, Deborah Annette
Hopson, Melanie Louise Hyatt,
Deborah Lee Jones, Paul
Douglas Jones, Peggy Jean
Logan, Susan Marie Maleskie.
Also Edna Frances Konrad,
Truett Paul McAnear, Marcia
Leah Melton, Linda Arlene
Mumpower, Elizabeth Karen
Osteen, Teresa Ann Peele,
Rosalie Phillips, Michael
Jacques Russell, Teresa Diane
Silver, Erwin Truett Smith,
Suzanne Mary Staggs, Theresa
Dale Stepp, Samuel Barnett
Theilman, Debra Wagoner.
City Council Agenda This Wed
According to Mayor Richard
Stone the following things are
listed for discussion at the
Black Mountain City Council
meeting Wednesday evening
November 5 at 7:30 in the City
Hall:
Further consideration of
proposed zoning ordinances;
Consideration of the
proposed recreation center.
GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY for
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McMurray, Sr. of
Swannanoa was observed at a family gathering
Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Monte Vista Hotel in
Black Mountain. The couple met in Black
Mountain and married on Oct. 15, 1919. Mr.
McMurray came here for a Blue Ridge
Conference in 1912 and liked it so much he
stayed. His wife, the former Alberta Brown of
Asheville, was teaching school in Black
Mountain. They lived in Black Mountain about
10 years and then moved to Swannanoa.
Mr. McMurray is the founder of McMurray
Chevrolet Co. in Black Mountain.
The couple has four children, all of which
were present with their families at the 50th
anniversary gathering. They are: Bill McMurray
of Black Mountain, present Chevrolet dealer;
John McMurray, a lawyer from Morganton; Dr.
C. M. McMurray of Shelby; and Betty
McMurray Rand, wife of Rev. Joe Rand of
Princeton, N. J. There are 15 grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. McMurray were honored in their
home by their Sunday School Bible Class from
the Swannanoa Presbyterian Church before
going to the Monte Vista with the family.
Photo by Charles Wellen Jr.
Far From Sea, He Sells
Ocean Going Yachts
By JIM AYCOCK
Over on Cherokee Drive in
Black Mountain, living in a
home he calls “Robbins’ Nest”
is a man with an unusual
occupation. Joseph Robbins
sells yachts, and he lives
hundreds of miles from the
sea!
Of course his clients are not
local people. Most of them
have several homes and ample
time and money for pleasure
cruises on boats costing several
hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. Robbins has always done
things other people would find
unusual. Years ago he became
the first man to mount a
refrigeration unit on a truck,
making it possible for millions
of children to buy ice cream in
their own backyard.
“Harry Olds gave me a
chassis to work with,” Mr.
Robbins recalled. “I had
started in the refrigeration
business in Cambridge, Mass, in
1915 and had an idea that
needed developing. Nobody
had ever had a mobile
refrigeration unit but we tried
it.
“We put 700 gallons of ice
cream on our truck, drove it
From Massachusetts to Florida,
then to New Orleans, then
sack up to Cleveland, Ohio,
where we put it in a dairy case
it an ice cream manufacturers
convention. A talk on this
opened the convention. This
was in the 1920’s, remember,
rhere was no such thing as
moving ice cream around,” Mr.
Robbins continued.
Thus began a worldwide
jusiness selling ice cream
rucks, a business Mr. Robbins
emained in until 1944. The
:ompany was Robbins and
Jurke, Inc. with factories as far
iway as Australia.
Now Mr. Robbins sells boats,
>ig boats, yachts 45 feet long
ind up, custom made* by
irebe. He also builds marine
ilumbing used in boats by
ither manufacturers.
“The Kennedy family boat,
he Honey Fitz, has my
quipment in it,” he said. “In
act 1 guess about 90 per cent
,f the yachts in the U.S. have
narine toilets that I built.”
The list of clients sold by Mr.
tobbins reads like a Who’s
Who of American business,
ncluded are: General Sarnoff,
ICA; Jim Ryder, Ryder
rucking; Davis Weir, a
Washington, D. C. broker;
Jeorge Thompson, owner of
tie world’s largest independent
jlephone company; W. E.
hillips, president of Royal
lank of Canada; several Texas
ilmen including Patrick
/elder, Joe Cullinun, and from
Wichita, Kansas, Max Houston;
Charlie Revson of the Revlon
Co.; Florence Schick Gifford,
widow of the founder of
Schick Razor Co.; and an
ex-owner of the old Boston
Braves, since moved to
Milwaukee and Atlanta. Several
of these clients have purchased
more than one boat.
Mr. Robbins is a member of
three yacht clubs himself, the
Boston Yacht Club, the Key
Largo Anglers, and Coral
Harbors in Nassau.
The yachts are made in
Chicago to specifications
drawn up by Mr. Robbins.
Usual delivery time runs from
9-12 months but backlogging is
increasing this to as much as
two years depending on the
boat, Mr. Robbins said. The
buyer makes progressive
payments, a certain amount
with the order, another
payment when the keel is laid,
and more at each of several
other construction stages.
After four years in Black
Mountain, Mr. Robbins is
leaving on November 1,
possibly for good. He realizes
that he is at a disadvantage
living here and plans to move
to Florida.
“This is the time to sell
boats,” he said. “Everybody
who is anybody in the boat
business is heading for Florida
now.”
Everybody who is
anybody ... .? Apparently
that includes Joseph Robbins
of Robbins’ Nest, Black
Mountain.
<KE
JOSEPH ROBBINS of Black Mountain shows off a picture of a
yacht he sold. This landlocked yachtsman sella boats for a living,
and belongs to three yacht clubs himself. He doesn’t sell
anything less than’45 feet long.
KIWA NIS
Kiwanis Program Chairman,
Edgar Ferrell, introduced guest
speaker, Dick Jensen, at last
week’s luncheon meeting. Mr.
Jensen, General Manager of
WFGW/WMIT Radio Stations,
spoke interestingly on the
fifty-year history of radio.
The Black Mountain-Swanna
noa Kiwanis Club meets every
Thursday noon in the Monte
Vista Hotel in Bfack Mountain.
LAST WEEK’S MEETING
Rev. Edgar Ferrell, Program
Chairman, introduced guest
speaker Japk Leatherwood, at
last Thursday’s Black
Mountain-Swannanoa Kiwanis
meeting.
Mr. Leatherwood heads the
Buncombe County Ambulance
Service with headquarters in
the Courthouse.
It costs about $25,0(JU a year
to operate each of the six
ambulances in the
county ... In 1968 the
Buncombe County Ambulance
Service answered 3,897
calls... 1,683 of these were
due to traffic accidents on
county and state roads.
Charges are $20.00 per call
which covers mileage, oxygen,
and first aid supplies, etc.
Kiwanians will have a
Pancake Dinner from 5:00 til
8:00 p.m. Halloween Night at
Owen High School, followed
by an exciting Enka-at-Owen
Football game. Make your
plans right now to treat your
whole family to a great
fun-night. Remember, that’s
Friday, October 31st.
Girl Scout Council
Meets At Montreat
The Annual Meeting of the
Pisgah Girl Scout Council was
held October 29th in the
Convocation Hall of the
Assembly Inn at Mon treat.
Of special interest to Council
members was the appearance
of Miss Wilma Dyke man.
Cable TV To
Operate Under
City’s Terms
The city of Black Mountain’s
contract with the Triangle
Cable T.V. Company contains
the following terms:
Rates cannot be raised
without consent of the council.
The company cannot
transfer the contract to
another company without the
council’s permission.
There cannot be any
additional poles installed
without permission of the
property owners and members
of council.
The City will receive $500
per year or a percentage of the
earnings of the company —
whichever is greater.
Owen Grad Edits
School Magazine
Gary Cole has been selected
as acting Editor of “The
Montreat-Anderson College
Cavalier” the student
publication magazine at the
college.
Gary, a freshman at
Montreat, is a 1969 graduate of
Charles D. Owen High School.
During his high school days,
he was very active in organizing
the local Teen Democrat Club.
He also served as editor of the
North Carolina Teen Democrat
Magazine and in 1968-69 was
the State Secretary of the Teen
Democratic Club.
Gary is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. N. Cole, 114 Portman
Villa Road, Black Mountain.
author of THE TALL
WOMAN, THE FRENCH
BROAD and many other
works. Miss Dykeman, the
meeting’s featured speaker, is a
native of this area, and has
been active in Girl Scouting.
Mrs. Billy Graham presided
at this year’s meeting.
The Council elected officers,
members of the Nominating
Committee and a new Board of
Directors.
Four adults and two senior
girls gave a report to the
Council on their October 19-23
Delegation visit to the National
Council Meeting in Seattle,
followed by a report to the
membership by the outgoing
Board of Directors.
There also was a special
recognition ceremony to honor
those who have been given
“outstanding service” to the
Council and to Girl Scouting.
CONGRESSMAN ROY A. TAYLOR of Black
Mountain (right), a member of the House
Science and Astronautics Committee, offered
his personal congratulations to Apollo
astronauts Mike Collins (left), Neil Armstrong
(shaking hands) and Buzz Aldrin following their
recent appearance before a joint session of
Congress.
Recreation Body To Join County
The Black Mountain
Recreation Committee and the
town authorities have
unanimously agreed to give up
plans to establish a local
recreation commission.
Instead, local forces will
combined their efforts with the
Buncombe County Recreation
Commission in development of
recreational projects.
Andy Andrews, chairman of
the Black Mountain Recreation
Committee, was named to the
new advisory committee of the
county organization. Also
named was Herbert Coman of
Beacon.
Burton T. Peake, chairman
of the Buncombe County
Recreation Commission, said a
four acre tract of land owned
by the town of Black Mountain
will be deeded to the county
for development for
recreational purposes. He said
Andrews told him the decision
was reached at a joint meeting
of the local recreation
committee and the town
aldermen.
Several weeks ago the
Buncombe County Recreation
Commission recommended
such a move to avoid
duplication of effort in
obtaining funds from various
federal sources.
Swannanoa Valley industry
is being contacted for financial
aid for the program.
The county organization
went on record as supporting
the one cent sales tax and will
request funds from that source
if it is passed.
The Buncombe County
Recreation Commission will
also:
-Work with valley groups to
develop recreation in the
eastern part of the county;
-Try to finance
development of the County
Home property for recreation,
a use agreed upon by the
county commissioners;
Asssit in building a new
swimming pool in Asheville
Recreation Park;
Petition the county board
of education to expand use of
public school facilities for
supervised recreation.
United
Appeal
Short
The Asheviile Buncombe
United Appeal campaign moves
into its final days with part of
the need yet unpledged.
Through last week’s report
meeting, the total pledged was
$391,136.08 or 57% of the
goal. Many inplant soliciations
were currently in progress and
cautious optimism was
expressed by volunteers that
the needs would be met.
The goal of $684,314.29 for
community service agencies
can best be met by a large
number of people accepting a
small part of the total need,
according to P. Austin Bleyler,
campaign chairman.
Any area resident who has
not been contacted by a united
appeal worker, can accept a
share of the community service
need by calling the United
Fund office at 252-3321 or by
mailing a check or pledge to
them at 93 Patton Avenue,
Asheville, N. C. 28801.
New Meeting
Place Asked
Boy Scout Troop 44 of
Black Mountain is in urgent
need of a new meeting place.
They are presently meeting in a
room at the Church of God on
North Fork Road.
This meeting place is too
small for the rapidly growing
troop. The troop consists of
nearly 20 members. They meet
on Tuesday nights from 7 to
8:30 p.m.
If anyone has a building
where Troop 44 could meet,
they are asked to call or write
to the following address and
telephone numbers: Mike
Allison, P. O. Box 223, Black
Mtn. or call 669-6386 or
669-3281.
Troop 44 wishes to thank
each person for taking the time
to read this article and hope
that they will be hearing from
you soon.
REV. FRANK R. ABERNATHY
Black Mtn.Man Gets
High Masonic Honor
By UVA MIRACLE
Rev. Frank Raymond
Abernathy of 110 Fairway
Drive, Black Mountain was
awarded the Rank and
Decoration of Knight
Commander of the Court of
Honour, Monday, October 20,
at a meeting of the Supreme
Council of Scottish Rite
Freemasonry. A ceremonial
Investiture and banquet will be
held in Charlotte, at the
Masonic Temple on Saturday,
November 8.
Rev. Abernathy is a member
of the Local Masonic Lodge
No. 633, Black Mountain and a
Past Master of Lodge 1005 in
Chicago.
He is a Certified Lecturer on
Masonic Ritual in Illinois,
Oklahoma and North Carolina.
Three others from Western
North Carolina received the
honour bestowed on Rev.
Abernathy. He is the only
member of the Black Mountain
Lodge to attain this rank.
The Supreme Council is the
highest tribunal of
Freemasonry. It meets
biannually. This meeting ended
Thursday, October 23.
Rev. Abernathy, an ordained
Baptist minister, and his wife,
Clara, came to Black Mountain
from Chicago, 111. in 1960. He
is a retired accountant from
the Natural Gas Pipe Line
Company of America.
Rev. Abernathy has served
approximately five years as
treasurer of the Black
Mountain Swannanoa Chamber
of Commerce and is on the
Board of Directors of the
chamber.
He has served as supply
pastor for Kerlee Baptist
Church for the past two
Sundays and will be the pastbr
there again this week.
Friends Of Library Hear
Talk On Local Minerals
On Monday evening, Nov. 3 ;
at 8 o’clock, the Friends of the 1
Black Mountain Library will 1
hear Carter Hudgins, a retired 1
ittorney of Marion, talk on
>ne of his favorite hobbies —
he finding and collecting of
lative rocks and gems. He will
llustrate his talk with slides.
Hudgins is a native of this
irea. He received his bachelors
legree from North Carolina
State University and his law
legree from Wake Forest.
Since his retirement from the
iractice of law, Hudgins has
ievoted much of his time to
he pursuit of his hobbies -
vild flowers and local history
is well as “rocks”. He is
nte rested in encouraging
nthers to undertake
worthwhile hobbies.
He is a member of the
southern Appalachian Mineral
Society and has served as its
president.
The public is invited to these
monthly meetings which take
place in the Education room of
the library.
No Sales Tax To
Go To Teachers
If the one cent sales tax is
passed, none of the monies
collected would go to increase
teachers’ salaries, despite the
story in the Black Mountain
News last week that said
otherwise.
In a story about a speech on
the sales tax made to the local
PTA, it was reported that the
speaker said “some” of the
monies collected would go to
teachers. It should have read
“none” of the money. The
Black Mountain News
apologizes for this error, both
to the PTA and to the speaker
who was misquoted, James
McClure Clarke, chairman of
the Buncombe County School
Board.
The Swannanoa P T.A.
auction last Friday night, Oct.
24 was a success, and we want
to thank the Black Mountain,
Swannanoa and Asheville
Merchants that donated gifts
for the auction.